Manahawkin Chiropractic Center Shares Benefit of Vitamins to Gut Microbiome
Our bodies are hosts, hosts of our physical lives as well as of microbial life. They are linked together and live on proper nutrition. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center helps our Manahawkin chiropractic patients find their way around the world of gut nutrition as it is tied to physical and microbial life.
THE GUT MICROBIOME: Vitamins
The gut microbiome is important in keeping physical health and in breeding disease. Diet is central. Fermentable fiber and other nutrients affect the composition of the gut microbiome and gastrointestinal health. Vitamins A and D are prime vitamins as they modulate the gut immune response or act as a barrier to disease and thereby impact gastrointestinal health and the microbiome. Researchers report that vitamins assist the gut microbiome by increasing the number of presumed commensals (A, B2, B3, C, K, beta carotene), microbial diversity (A, B2, B3, C, K) and richness (D), short chain fatty acid production (C), and the abundance of short chain fatty acid producers (B2, E). (1) Taking a quality, daily multi-supplement is quite beneficial to be included in your Manahawkin chiropractic treatment plan!
THE GUT MICROBIOME: B Vitamins
Our bodies function together with microbial life to stay healthy and to deal with disease. The gut microbiota are said to make hundreds of bioactive compounds including B-vitamins which can suppress competitive microbial species’ growth. B vitamins are mostly absorbed from the small intestine though excess B is sent on to the distal gut as required. New studies are exploring the other roles B vitamins seem to take on there: nutrients for both the host and the microbiota, regulators of immune cell activity, mediators of drug effectiveness, supporters of the survival of certain bacterium, suppressors of pathogenic bacteria colonization, and colitis modulators. (2) Your Manahawkin chiropractor understands nutrition, particularly how B vitamins are well appreciated by the body and its microbiota!
B VITAMINS IN GUT HEALTH & IMMUNITY & INFLAMMATION
Another interesting tie Manahawkin Chiropractic Center wants to share is a link between the microbiota, immune cell activity, and inflammation. The gut-associated lymphoid tissue is described as the largest immunity organ in the human body. Disturbances to the gut microbiome may lead to increased gut permeability and trigger systemic inflammation as well as issues with the central nervous system. Proinflammatory cytokines (via the kynurenine pathway’s enzymes creating neuroactive metabolites – another topic for another time!) are linked to several psychiatric disorders (bipolar, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, autism, depression, alcoholism). Probiotics which can impact proinflammatory cytokines are suggested as potentially reducing the toxicity of the kynurenine-associated metabolites. (3) There is so much we are discovering about inflammation, immunity, and the gut. This association to psychiatric issues is another topic of interest to Manahawkin Chiropractic Center.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the potential benefit of nutrition for immune support.
Schedule your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment soon. Combining nutrition with gentle chiropractic treatment via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is a great approach to taking care of your body!
